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yesterday in washington, d.c., dozens of parents, teachers and veterans marched on the national rifle association's headquarters calling on the group to curtail its lobbying efforts. a new poll from cbs news shows 57% of americans are in favor of stricter gun laws. that's the highest percentage in a decade. a virginia congressman says the shooting was enough for him to rethink his position on guns. >> i absolutely believe that americans have a right to reasonable gun ownership. but i also know after this enormous tragedy coming not that long after the tragedy of virginia tech, when my daughters asked me friday night, dad, you're in the senate, why can't we put reasonable restrictions on assault weapons or these rapid fire ammunition crepes, i didn't have -- clips, i didn't have a good enough answer for them. i as an nraa rated member believe enough is enough. >> senator mark warner says he hopes democrats and republicans can come together for a blunt discussion on gun control. he wants the discussion to preserve the rights guaranteed under the second amendment. >>> police are searchin
yesterday in washington, d.c., dozens of parents, teachers and veterans marched on the national rifle association's headquarters calling on the group to curtail its lobbying efforts. a new poll from cbs news shows 57% of americans are in favor of stricter gun laws. that's the highest percentage in a decade. a virginia congressman says the shooting was enough for him to rethink his position on guns. >> i absolutely believe that americans have a right to reasonable gun ownership. but i also...
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they're contracted to route 911 calls throughout much of the washington area. according to him, they've fallen short. >> the whole purpose of having 911 is when you need it, it works. >> reporter: he cites recent weather events that have knocked out the systems as examples of where they've failed. during the 2010-2011 winter, several storms interrupted 911 service. more recently this summer's derecho did the same thing. >> the catastrophic failure that occurred at the time of the derecho is not an isolated incident. there have been a number of 911 outages. >> reporter: some callers got busy signals, others got nothing at all. now he and two other corningmen are -- congressmen are behind a push to get them to face scrutiny good if they can't be counted on to do it voluntarily, we need the fcc to step in and promulgate new standards and regulations and make sure they're enforced. >> reporter: verizon said they've learned from previous weather events and improved themselves during superstorm sandy. a spokesman wrote, verizon's network performed well during and aft
they're contracted to route 911 calls throughout much of the washington area. according to him, they've fallen short. >> the whole purpose of having 911 is when you need it, it works. >> reporter: he cites recent weather events that have knocked out the systems as examples of where they've failed. during the 2010-2011 winter, several storms interrupted 911 service. more recently this summer's derecho did the same thing. >> the catastrophic failure that occurred at the time of...
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. >> reporter: today's debate on the streets of falls church was also heard in the washington studios of the major television networks where virginia senator mark warner, a recently convert to the cause of sensitive gun control made his case on "face the nation." >> simply saying existing gun laws are enough, status quo didn't pass as a father. >> reporter: while others say the answer is not gun control but armed police officers in the school. >> it's the one thing that will keep people safe and the nra will try to do that. >> reporter: they continue to be met with fierce opposition. new york senator charms schumer today -- charles schumer today said trying to prevent shootings in schools without talking about guns is like talking about lung cancer without talking about cigarettes. >> the company which calls itself the world's largest arm supplier said it sold three and a half years worth of ammunition magazines in just three days. the ar15 is the nation's most popular semiautomatic rifle similar to the models used in the newtown shootings. >>> with time running out to avoid the fisca
. >> reporter: today's debate on the streets of falls church was also heard in the washington studios of the major television networks where virginia senator mark warner, a recently convert to the cause of sensitive gun control made his case on "face the nation." >> simply saying existing gun laws are enough, status quo didn't pass as a father. >> reporter: while others say the answer is not gun control but armed police officers in the school. >> it's the one...
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the international airport provides easy access to washington on its highway. dulles airport also provides connections to both the national and international markets but if funding drops out, buildings will go empty and commercial property taxes which fuel the county's economy will decline. >> we want to balance the approach to help us get out of this. it will have a significant impact on fairfax county if congress does nothing. >> reporter: in fairfax county, peggy fox, 9news. >> the biggest expenditure for fairfax and other local counties is the school budget. less money for the county will mean less money for schools. >>> we've dedicated our entire news department to track this story and be ready with alerts on air and on the web. every day we're featuring of course that show how you will be affected should we go over that fiscal cliff. you can get alerts sent straight to your phone about all of our fiscal cliff notes by texting the cliff to 25543. >>> more than $2 billion, that is the staggering amount of money spent on the presidential campaign according o
the international airport provides easy access to washington on its highway. dulles airport also provides connections to both the national and international markets but if funding drops out, buildings will go empty and commercial property taxes which fuel the county's economy will decline. >> we want to balance the approach to help us get out of this. it will have a significant impact on fairfax county if congress does nothing. >> reporter: in fairfax county, peggy fox, 9news....
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and rising. >> it is the biggest thing we've ever seen here in the washington area. the tickets are drying up. i mean the price could definitely go up. people that want to make a move should look now and get it while they can still get it. >> sideline seats already up to $10,000 yep. on stub hub. even parking passes are going for sky high prices. get 10 grand for some seats? >> buy a car before i buy tickets to a football game. >>> it's 4:38. whether you're going to the sunday night game or making new year's eve plans, do in the miss olga's -- not miss olga's forecast. >> why right now might be a good time to refinance the mortgage. i am watching your money next. keep it here. >>> and welcome back. i'm olga breese in for howard bernstein this morning. we have mostly cloudy skies. we'll see a little bit of sunshine through mid-morning and then the clouds move in later on this afternoon. it is a chilly start. right now sitting in the 30s. we'll hit about 40 degrees. the lower 40s by later on this afternoon. and that's about it. our winds out of the north near 5 to 10 m
and rising. >> it is the biggest thing we've ever seen here in the washington area. the tickets are drying up. i mean the price could definitely go up. people that want to make a move should look now and get it while they can still get it. >> sideline seats already up to $10,000 yep. on stub hub. even parking passes are going for sky high prices. get 10 grand for some seats? >> buy a car before i buy tickets to a football game. >>> it's 4:38. whether you're going to...
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randall pinkston, cbs news, washington. >> if you want the latest information on the fiscal cliff, you go to our home page just click the fiscal cliff banner at the top of the page. >>> dc police are investigating two fatal shootings in southeast over the weekend. early yesterday morning officers found a man unconscious in the 3400 block of crawford place. angelo alphonso pane later died at the hospital. saturday night a map was found shot to death on airs place. darnell rivers was found dead inside a car there. investigators have not made any arrest in either cases. >>> prince george's county authorities have now identified the early determinely woman killed friday night in greenville. investigators believe 86-year-old betty starry may have initially escaped a burning town house but went back inside to warn two other people. those two other people were hurt. they are being treated for serious injuries. both of them are expected to recover. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in the hospital this morning. doctors discovered a blood clot and they are concerned about that. reporter
randall pinkston, cbs news, washington. >> if you want the latest information on the fiscal cliff, you go to our home page just click the fiscal cliff banner at the top of the page. >>> dc police are investigating two fatal shootings in southeast over the weekend. early yesterday morning officers found a man unconscious in the 3400 block of crawford place. angelo alphonso pane later died at the hospital. saturday night a map was found shot to death on airs place. darnell rivers...